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Juneteenth: A Colorful Holiday To Celebrate
Black Enterprise· 2 days agoCertain holidays are often celebrated by donning signature colors: red at Valentine’s, orange and black for Halloween, and red, white, and blue for those...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
WPRI Providence· 7 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
Harriet Tubman Purple Hat Society’s Juneteenth Luncheon will honor six
Staten Island Advance· 21 hours agoThe Harriet Tubman Purple Hat Society will host its eighth annual Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 14 at Li Greci’s Staaten in West Brighton from 8 p.m. until midnight. Honored during ...
Could Donald Trump go to jail if he is convicted?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThere is plenty at stake in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York – where a jury will soon begin deliberating over the former president’s case.
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 7 days agoBoth Democratic and Republican lawmakers have tried and failed to pass bills on both of these...
Juneteenth, the celebration of freedom
South Reporter· 18 hours agoJuneteenth is a celebration of freedom and the fight for its fulfillment. It is one of the oldest known celebrations commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States ...
Judge defends right to teach Beyoncé, strikes down law restricting lessons on race and gender
Popular Information· 4 hours agoIn September 2020, in the midst of a panic about Critical Race Theory (CRT) infiltrating the...
Our children cannot wait: They need action now on housing and hunger (Guest Opinion)
The Post-Standard· 2 hours agoOn June 13, we will convene a nonpartisan candidate-community conversation exploring these issues...
A 97 year old visionary to visit Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexican· 6 days agoBy 2021, this very same little girl — now 94 — was the national figurehead behind making June 19 a federal holiday honoring the freedom struggle and...
On this day in history, May 30, 1868, first Decoration Day is held in remembrance of those lost in...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThe first Decoration Day was held on this day in history, May 30, 1868, as a precursor to Memorial...